When asked what the IPL means for seasoned pros like him, Dravid smiled and neatly deflected the question: it is a different world altogether, he said. "The other day I walked the ramp as part of a promotional event. When I started my career, I never imagined this would be part of a cricketer's life!"

Ian Chappell sometimes says "when he's in this from there's nowhere to bowl to him" ..He was playing like that too..

Wright did well against him as he came with some slower balls etc but he came on at a time when gayle said he slowed down too... Gayle actually faced 18 dot balls... and Dilshan was scoring extremely slowly with a strike rate of 91...with 21 dot balls from the 36 he faced.. it's amazing RBC went on to make that much - Amazing Gayle with those sixes made up for everything ..

Kolkata seem to be stuck with Kallis. He's a poor T20 all-rounder, with a poor batting strike rate, and simply not one to throw the ball to, but he seems a premier all-rounder for them. It will eventually hamper their campaign. Ideally, KKR should field McCullum (when available), Morgan, RTD and one of Sena and Narine. That's a T20-ready combination.

Taylor's struggles in the IPL are surprising.

True. If they can bench kallis and play Sena, Narine, Baz, Morgan/Lee, they will have better success.